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ISLAMABAD: The Secretary General of OIC, Hissein Brahim Taha on Thursday called for more constructive engagement with the interim government in Afghanistan to support girls’ education.
OIC and girls’ education
The Secretary General’s Special Envoy to Afghanistan Tarig Ali Bakheet derived the statement on behalf of the OIC Secretary General at Conference on Afghan Women’s Education, held in Bali, Indonesia.
The Secretary General emphasized that the Organization of Islamic Cooperation is willing to engage positively with its partners in a solid effort to help Afghanistan recover, reconstruct, and retrieve its long-lost standing as a well-functioning state within the international community.
Hissein Brahim Taha stressed that women’s right to education is not just a full-fledged right on its own; it is indeed a critical component for development, peace, stability, and the fulfillment of human rights in their broadest sense.